A Study of Job Burnout among Jihad-e Keshavarzi Organization Experts in Kurdistan Province

The purpose of this descriptive – correlation research was to investigate factors influencing job burnout among Jihad-e Keshavarzi organization specialists in Kurdistan province. The statistical population of the study consisted of all Jihad-e Keshavarzi organization specialists (N=449). Using the Krejcie and Morgan’s (1970) table and proportional stratified random sampling technique, 220 specialists selected as research sample. Questionnaire was the main tool for data gathering. The validity of the questionnaire was verified through the judgment of a panel of academic staffs in agricultural extension and education department in Tarbiat Modares University and some specialist of Jihad-e Keshavarzi organization in Kurdistan and Zanjan Provinces. To assess the reliability of the questionnaire, Cronbach’s alpha coefficients calculated for the main scales of the questionnaire (0.81 to 0.91). The data were analyzed using SPSS win software. Using the Maslach’s (2001) scale revealed that experts experienced moderate degrees of emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and personal accomplishment. The findings revealed that among independent variables, age, work experience, job satisfaction, work over load, role ambiguity, Job control and work under load had significant relationship with job burnout. Regression results revealed the effective variables in job burnout including job satisfaction, role ambiguity, work experience, work over load and work under load. These variables could explain about 23 percent of job burnout variances.